What’s an FID?

It stands for Financial Institution ID, and is a typically a 4 or 5 digit number that uniquely identifies your bank or brokerage for financial downloads. It is particularly important for QuickBooks® and Quicken®.  A given FID is authorized for some combination of account types and download types, and if the Financial Institution is not authorized for what you want to import, files will not be imported by QuickBooks or Quicken software. QuickBooks and Quicken distinguish between Bank, Credit Card, and Investment accounts and between Direct Connect and Web-Connect downloads. Lastly, most financial institutions will have different FID’s for QuickBooks and Quicken.